Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will. He might not but I certainly will. Another important part of the Rudd infrastructure spending is the community infrastructure program—$800 million. The majority of it will go through in 2008-09 to regional and rural Australia. Senator McDonald’s absurd, ridiculous statements, turning everything into a vitriolic attack on the Labor Party, show that he just cannot handle it. It is in his DNA. He has to get up. It is like Dracula coming out of the coffin. The only thing missing are the teeth. As soon as he rises to his feet it is to attack the government. They cannot help it. Senator Macdonald cannot help it. I do not know whether it is something to do with their being forced to merge and become the LNP in Queensland. If I were a member of the Liberal Party in Queensland, I would be bitter and twisted all the time too if I had to join up with The Nationals.